Visual Behavior in Salamanders

Salamanders are subject to misconceptions even among vertebrate zoologists and physiologists. They are often said to exist only in northern temperate zones, being bound to aquatic or very moist cool habitats. In reality, more than half of all salamander species live in subtropical and tropical zones, ex­ clusively in the New World. Again, more than half of the salamander species have become totally independent of aquatic habitats following the loss of a free larval stage. Many of the subtro...